Verse
F G
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
C
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
F B7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
C G7 C
May you always have cows around
[Verse 2]
C G
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
C
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
F B7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
C G7 C
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
F A7
Everything is better with some cows around
Dm G7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
F D7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
Gm C7 F
May you always have cows around
[Verse 3]
F G
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
C
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
F B7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
C G7 C
May you always have cows around
[Verse 4]
C G
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
C
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
F B7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
C G7 C
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
F A7
Everything is better with some cows around
Dm G7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
F D7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
Gm C7 F
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
F
What kinda cows?
Dm
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
F
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
Dm
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
F C
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
F A7
Dm G7
F D7
Gm C7 F
[Verse 5]
F G
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
C
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
F B7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
C G7 C
So you'd always have cows around
[Verse 6]
C G
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
C
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
F B7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
C F
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
C F
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
C G7 C
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
F A7
Everything is better with some cows around
Dm G7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
F D7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
Gm C7 F
May you always have cows around
Gm C7 F
May you always have cows around Moooooo!